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breaking down the the cia stepping up its use of predator drones. the most we have ever launched as a country in a single month. officials say it's an attempt to stop terrorist attacks in europe, which they believe have been directly tied to these pretty tore drone strike launches. anxiety running high, has led to repeated threats after a special package was found there. the pakistani government is protesting a rare nato attack insides its own territory, killing more than 7 on militants over the weekend. gen david petraeus as hinted as a widening war, one that could include ground operation in pakistan's tribal regions. one wonders as the statistics from manned aircraft to the sxlon and predator drone activities whether we are approaching the tipping point. we're joined by jack rice is or congent tur with you founded? >> i think a whole series of things, the use of predator drone the use of it four times over that during the bush administration. book woodward's book really coming occupy, running 3,000 manned private units based upon these allegation
breaking down the the cia stepping up its use of predator drones. the most we have ever launched as a country in a single month. officials say it's an attempt to stop terrorist attacks in europe, which they believe have been directly tied to these pretty tore drone strike launches. anxiety running high, has led to repeated threats after a special package was found there. the pakistani government is protesting a rare nato attack insides its own territory, killing more than 7 on militants over...
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it's right over there. >> reporter: so, there's no question these strikes will continue, both from cia drones and u.s. helicopters. diane? >> all right, martha raddatz reporting tonight on a watchful time. thanks to you. and thanks to brian ross, as well. >>> and now, part of the u.s. economy. a new spotlight today on an old problem for one-half the people in america. a new report showing female managers earn just 81 cents for every dollar male managers are making. barely budged in a decade. why? we have the hearing on capitol hill, and something experts say women must do. here's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: companies are always looking for that one thing that might bolster their bottom line. now campbell's soup and a few other companies may have discovered the secret ingredient. women. today, came bell's announced denise morrison will be their new ceo. the company has increased the number of women executives from 21% to 25% in just four years. the result? have you seen sales take off at all? >> sales are mm, mm good. >> reporter: up 15% this year. the company even outperforming the s&
it's right over there. >> reporter: so, there's no question these strikes will continue, both from cia drones and u.s. helicopters. diane? >> all right, martha raddatz reporting tonight on a watchful time. thanks to you. and thanks to brian ross, as well. >>> and now, part of the u.s. economy. a new spotlight today on an old problem for one-half the people in america. a new report showing female managers earn just 81 cents for every dollar male managers are making. barely...
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he preceded john by a couple of chiefs of staff and now cia director. these are able people. we talk about washington all the time. the truth is, staff comes and staff goes. as a staffer, i prided myself in knowing the difference between the organ grinder and the monkey. these staff monkeys come and go. >> anderson, this is really an important moment for the president because he's had to deal with an unruly democratic congress. nothing worse than success in washington and he's had to placate a congress that is led by democrats that are really farther to the left than mainstream of the country. that may change in november. we'll wait and see. but, if indeed republicans capture the house the president has a chance to start over and start fresh with a new chief of staff that can work with both sides of the aisle. and that will be one of the tests, i think, that people look and see, who does he appoint? >> alex, stay with us. we'll come back to you. john king, appreciate the reporting. >>> now our "keeping them honest" report. politicians distorting the truth and doing what it ta
he preceded john by a couple of chiefs of staff and now cia director. these are able people. we talk about washington all the time. the truth is, staff comes and staff goes. as a staffer, i prided myself in knowing the difference between the organ grinder and the monkey. these staff monkeys come and go. >> anderson, this is really an important moment for the president because he's had to deal with an unruly democratic congress. nothing worse than success in washington and he's had to...
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today, the pakistani prime minister pressed the issue with the visiting cia director leon panetta. another official wondered whether the west was an ally or an enemy. >> are you fighting a war or are you in war together? >> reporter: the pakistani partnership is vital to the war effort. since 2001, the united states has given pakistan's military more than $10 billion to help it fight insurgents. fueling tensions between the two nations, cell phone video has surfaced purporting to show pakistani soldiers killing blind folded civilians. today, military officials told nbc news they're investigating and suggested the videos were staged to discredit them. tonight, nato officials say that borderrossing would have to be closed for some time before troops begin to feel the pinch. but one told me they are actively lking for a way to bypassakistan with those supplies all together. brian? >> john yang at our nbc news bureau in kabul tonight. john, thanks. >>> grim story in the news today in this country for the fourth time in the last few weeks, a teenager has taken his own life after being t
today, the pakistani prime minister pressed the issue with the visiting cia director leon panetta. another official wondered whether the west was an ally or an enemy. >> are you fighting a war or are you in war together? >> reporter: the pakistani partnership is vital to the war effort. since 2001, the united states has given pakistan's military more than $10 billion to help it fight insurgents. fueling tensions between the two nations, cell phone video has surfaced purporting to...
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he cause captured in 2004, interrogated by the cia for two years, sent to guantanamo bay in 2006, and then in june of 2009, he was brought to the u.s., right before congress stopped the ability of the government to bring anybody into guantanamo bay to the u.s. to face trial. he's going to be put on trial. there's jury selection now. and one of the things his lawyer said is that all the time he was sitting there in guantanamo bay, violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial. well, the judge has already said, no, it didn't. that he was picked up on the battlefield fair and square, as an enemy combatant, independent of any of the legal proceedings against him. so the judge said he hasn't had an unconstitutional delay of trial, but there's a big issue hanging over this case, and that is whether the government can use anything it learned about him and about the plot and his involvement in the attack from the cia's interrogation. another question here is if this is a successful prosecution, will that help politically, if you will, the justice department make the argument that other
he cause captured in 2004, interrogated by the cia for two years, sent to guantanamo bay in 2006, and then in june of 2009, he was brought to the u.s., right before congress stopped the ability of the government to bring anybody into guantanamo bay to the u.s. to face trial. he's going to be put on trial. there's jury selection now. and one of the things his lawyer said is that all the time he was sitting there in guantanamo bay, violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial. well, the...
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some of it perhaps very sensitive, some of it fairly innocuous such as the name of the cia training facility in virginia, that's something you can look up for yourself right on the internet. here's a little bit more of what lieutenant colonel schaeffer had to say about the government action against his memoir. >> there are some things that the army felt they did not want in it. i took them out. there was no argument. if they felt it was sensitive or couldn't be referenced it's out. that process was completed by january of this year. and from there after i received written permission, the written documents went to the publisher and we moved forward. >> so, if he got written permission how did all of this happen? how did it get to the point of the obama administration basically ordering the destruction of 10,000 copies of a book? well, by all accounts it did not get authorized at the higher military intelligence levels of the pentagon. once those folks saw it they got concerned and said indeed there was classified information in it and they had to cut up and destroy the initial run of this boo
some of it perhaps very sensitive, some of it fairly innocuous such as the name of the cia training facility in virginia, that's something you can look up for yourself right on the internet. here's a little bit more of what lieutenant colonel schaeffer had to say about the government action against his memoir. >> there are some things that the army felt they did not want in it. i took them out. there was no argument. if they felt it was sensitive or couldn't be referenced it's out. that...
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that is going to create a lot of concern in washington, and in fact, cia director, leon pennetta is in pakistan right now for a previously scheduled meeting. i guarantee some of the concerns will be raised. >> can you be sure of that. thank you so much. >>> now, telling the story of pope john paul ii's story. never seen before documents show that the soviet political leadership considered the pope the single greatest threat to their power. george wigel is an old friend, and author of the new book. "the end and the beginning pope john paul ii." this is quite a book. you are the authority on pope john paul ii. what have we learned about the end of the cold war and the central role he played and how he was targeted? >> he was a pivotal figure in the collapse of the european communism, and the people paying attention to these things at the time knew there was a significant effort to penetrate the vatican and do in the catholic church in possible. what these documents, which i am able to bring to the public for the first time in the book demonstrate the shear magnitude of the effort. millio
that is going to create a lot of concern in washington, and in fact, cia director, leon pennetta is in pakistan right now for a previously scheduled meeting. i guarantee some of the concerns will be raised. >> can you be sure of that. thank you so much. >>> now, telling the story of pope john paul ii's story. never seen before documents show that the soviet political leadership considered the pope the single greatest threat to their power. george wigel is an old friend, and...
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contradicting the incoming cia director and then panetta backed off in the confirmation. >> the next day, kid bond made him back off and then rubbed the salt in slowly and deeply into panetta's wounds. >> want to ask you about general colin powell. we had him on the show yesterday. there's a quote in here. powell says you don't have to punt with this. you are the commander in chief. these guys work for you because they are unanimous in their advice doesn't make it right. there are other generals. there's only one commander in chief. tell us the context. >> this is most interesting. obama, quite naturally, i think, any president, democrat or republican, would use powell as a consultant. and he calls him in privately. and this is at the moment obama's last year is making the decision about how many troops to send in to afghanistan and what the strategy is going to be. and obama is confronting these four or five blocks of granite as they are called, the military and hillary clinton saying you've got to give the generals everything they want. so at this moment, powell comes in and says,
contradicting the incoming cia director and then panetta backed off in the confirmation. >> the next day, kid bond made him back off and then rubbed the salt in slowly and deeply into panetta's wounds. >> want to ask you about general colin powell. we had him on the show yesterday. there's a quote in here. powell says you don't have to punt with this. you are the commander in chief. these guys work for you because they are unanimous in their advice doesn't make it right. there are...
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the current cia director, leon panetta, is quoted saying, we have to get boots on the ground. we have to get in there, with the safe havens are that are harboring al qaeda, that are targeting not just europe, but the united states. >> that's something the pakistanis have been reluctant to give any approval to. >> it's kind of a wink and a nod. we're clearly at the point where we're going to go ahead and do it because the madness of conducting the war where literally, the taliban has safe haven in pakistan and there is always aerial surveillance showing trucks of fighters, taliban insurgent fighters, going from pakistan, where they rest and rearm themselves, being waved into afghanistan, through pakistani checkpoints. and what are they doing? they're going into afghanistan to kill american soldiers. >> you mentioned rahm emanuel. likely, he'll leave by the end of the week. in "obama's wars" he's clearly a big player in the war councils. doubtful this war can succeed in afghanistan. >> he's the skeptic. he says afghanistan is political fly paper. you get stuck to it. you can't g
the current cia director, leon panetta, is quoted saying, we have to get boots on the ground. we have to get in there, with the safe havens are that are harboring al qaeda, that are targeting not just europe, but the united states. >> that's something the pakistanis have been reluctant to give any approval to. >> it's kind of a wink and a nod. we're clearly at the point where we're going to go ahead and do it because the madness of conducting the war where literally, the taliban has...
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after five years of doing that, catering, they get pulled back into the cia. >> that always happens. >> all the time. it's so annoying. >> why won't they let you spy alone. >> we travel the world and go through crazy adventures and martial arts and speaking different languages. >> which you do? you were born in vienna. >> yeah, a grew up in germany. >> you speak german? >> a little spanish and english as well. >> i don' detect any accent at all. were you raised in nern? >> no. i was raised in germany. >> you're married with a nice family, right? >> beautiful nicole parker and two kids, sophie and nicholas, five and three. >> you're een more impossibly gorgeous than the woman that plays your -- it's really repulsive. it's unbelievable. >> i lucked out. >> you did. >> there's a foundation that you have for one of your children. tell us about it. >> my daughter was born with spina bifida which is a birth detect, and 60 million women in this country are at risk. nicole and myself started the foundation to advocate for folic acid, which is a very important vitamin b, and everybody should
after five years of doing that, catering, they get pulled back into the cia. >> that always happens. >> all the time. it's so annoying. >> why won't they let you spy alone. >> we travel the world and go through crazy adventures and martial arts and speaking different languages. >> which you do? you were born in vienna. >> yeah, a grew up in germany. >> you speak german? >> a little spanish and english as well. >> i don' detect any accent at...
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officials say the cia launched 20 strikes with unmanned drone aircraft this month alone. that's the most ever during a single month and more than twice the number of attacks we have seen in other months. >>> the son of north korean leader kim jong-il is getting a military promotion. he was promoted to rank of general and widely expected to inherit power of north korea's dear leader. questions of his health sped up plans for succession. >>> well, they're here. that's according to seven former members of the u.s. air force talking about extra terrestrials and say they're not happy with us. jaws dropped yesterday at the washington press club when seven veterans of the air force talked about sightings. >> they're convinced that extra terrestrials visiting the nuclear facilities. >> i believe, these gentlemen believe that this planet is being visit from beingings of another world and taken an interest in the nuclear arms race that began at the end of the world war ii. regarding the missile shutdown incidents, my opinion, their opinion is that whoever are board the craft are se
officials say the cia launched 20 strikes with unmanned drone aircraft this month alone. that's the most ever during a single month and more than twice the number of attacks we have seen in other months. >>> the son of north korean leader kim jong-il is getting a military promotion. he was promoted to rank of general and widely expected to inherit power of north korea's dear leader. questions of his health sped up plans for succession. >>> well, they're here. that's according...
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the people at the pentagon and the cia and the kremlin may know the answers to your questions. however, what i simply point out is that you have countless incidents now. and i've, again, i've investigated over 100 of them and have over 100 witnesses indicate that craft of vastly superior capabilities have been monitoring the u.s. nuclear arms program. since the 1940s, and on occasion according to these ex-military personnel have tampered with the weapons. what i also point out is the persons who spoke with me on monday, by the way, at the press club were persons who were vetted by the u.s. government to launch or otherwise operate weapons of mass destruction. these are clearly persons that are now saying that ufos have shut down our nuclear weapons. >> so the question remains, then, this has been the subject of conspiracy theorys for decades. the freedom of information act freeing up some of this testimony. what does the government have to gain by blanket denying that we've ever been visited by ufos? >> the rand corporation, which is a think tank did a study for the air force i
the people at the pentagon and the cia and the kremlin may know the answers to your questions. however, what i simply point out is that you have countless incidents now. and i've, again, i've investigated over 100 of them and have over 100 witnesses indicate that craft of vastly superior capabilities have been monitoring the u.s. nuclear arms program. since the 1940s, and on occasion according to these ex-military personnel have tampered with the weapons. what i also point out is the persons...
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camp perry is the cia training facility in virginia, that's something you can look up on the internet. lieutenant colonel schaeffer talked a little about what he's been facing with this manuscript. >> there are some things that the army felt they did not want in it. i took them out. there was no argument. if they felt it was sensitive it's out. then that process was completed by january of this year. from there after i received written permission, the written documents went to the publisher and we moved forward. >> how did all of this happen? schaeffer says that he did follow the rules which required him to get the manuscript reviewed by the military, he got a thumbs up. by all accounts once it reached the higher levels of military intelligence at the pentagon, they looked at it and said no, there were still problems with the manuscript. that information had to come out and be blacked out in subsequent printings. >> the pentagon as we said at the beginning of this bought a lot of copies of the book and destroyed them. maybe they didn't get them all. are they concerned that maybe there
camp perry is the cia training facility in virginia, that's something you can look up on the internet. lieutenant colonel schaeffer talked a little about what he's been facing with this manuscript. >> there are some things that the army felt they did not want in it. i took them out. there was no argument. if they felt it was sensitive it's out. then that process was completed by january of this year. from there after i received written permission, the written documents went to the...
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two people, ex-spies who left the game to become regular people and now they're pulled back into the cia. >> and it's interesting, earlier today al told me i looked like this ms. perfect teen pageant winner. but i don't know. >> big premier, congratulations. we're pulling for you. >> thanks for having me. >> undercover premiers tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central time right here on nbc. >> look for al. let's get a check of the weather. >> let's check your weather. for today, we got a risk of strong storms, beautiful weather up and down the west coast, east coast not too bad, but we do have a lot of heat through the southeast, tomorrow more heavy rain up through the great lakes, on into the central plains, wet weather in the pacific northwest, sunny, hot through the gulf coast into the mid ohio and mississippi river valleys, >> good morning, everyone. highs >> and that's your latest weather. >>> eunice kennedy shriver founded the special olympics 42 years ago. this week the family will hold a eunice kennedy shriver day, in support of people with intellectual disabilities. eunice kennedy's nephe
two people, ex-spies who left the game to become regular people and now they're pulled back into the cia. >> and it's interesting, earlier today al told me i looked like this ms. perfect teen pageant winner. but i don't know. >> big premier, congratulations. we're pulling for you. >> thanks for having me. >> undercover premiers tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central time right here on nbc. >> look for al. let's get a check of the weather. >> let's check your weather....
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their best candidates and then we choose 12 of them and they go -- we had a national competition at the cia, this year, the culinary institute of america and the team won were james kent and jeff allen -- they have trained eight months and will train until the end of december, this year, and we'll all go to leon. hopefully, we'll come back with -- >> because in all the years of competition i think no american team has won. >> yes, the best was -- the chef from french laundry. >> came in sixth last year. >> sixth last year with very short preparation. >> we only had four months. >> this is super intensified graduate school for these guys to hang out with you and be under your tulle laj to be in this competition. >> like the olympic of competition. each country chooses their best to compete and takes all the skill a chef should require to win. >> very, very intensive, five hours to cook this competition. >> just stunning. listen, we'll have our eyes on the competition when it comes around. thomas keller, daniel, really great to see you both and if you would like to -- i'm going to taste this
their best candidates and then we choose 12 of them and they go -- we had a national competition at the cia, this year, the culinary institute of america and the team won were james kent and jeff allen -- they have trained eight months and will train until the end of december, this year, and we'll all go to leon. hopefully, we'll come back with -- >> because in all the years of competition i think no american team has won. >> yes, the best was -- the chef from french laundry....